Lady&#39;s garment



May 11, 1937.

F. M. MIRSKY LADYS GARMENT Filed Dec. 27, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR FLORENCE N. N/RSK). BY filmlfl wk ATTORNEY May 11, 1937.

F. M. MIRSKY LADYS GARMENT Filed Dec. 27, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR BY 5W Elma ATTORNEY Patented May 11, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to the art of wearing apparel and more particularly to a ladys garment.

Ladies garments such as evening gowns, bathing suits, beach outfits, tennis costumes, etc. which have waist portions so constructed and arranged as to expose the shoulders of the wearer, are provided with relatively narrow shoulder straps for supporting the garment. In wearing brassires with this type of garment, considerable difficulty or annoyance is experienced by reason of the fact that the shoulder straps of the brassiere must be concealed from view especially when the brassire is worn with an evening gown. Also, the shoulder straps of the brassiere tend to become displaced and slide off the shoulders of the wearer causing discomfort as well as being unsightly. To prevent the shoulder straps of the brassiere from being displaced, they are frequently fastened to the shoulder straps of the outer garment by various types of fastening devices, such as pins, clasps, and the like or by other means provided on the outer garment for that purpose, but even when the shoulder straps of the brassiere are thus attached to the shoulder straps of the outer garment, the former are nevertheless frequently displaced and spoil the appearance of the evening gown or other outer garment.

One of the objects of the present invention is to eliminate the above disadvantages, and for that purpose to provide a garment comprising an undergarment such as a brassiere and an outer garment so constructed and arranged that only one set of shoulder straps is necessary for supporting both the brassiere and the outer garment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment comprising in combination with a brassiere, a waist which is of simple construction and attractive in appearance and which can be readily put on and taken off as a unit.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a waist of novel construction and appearance.

The above objects of the invention and other objects ancillary thereto will best be understood from the following description considered in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of the present specification.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the inside of a garment made in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the garment as it ap pears when worn;

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the garment as it appears when worn;

Fig. 4 is a side View of the garment as it appears when worn;

Figs. 5 and 6 are front and rear views, respectively, illustrating the invention as applied to an evening gown;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 1-1 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary plan View of the inside of a garment illustrating a modification of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings in detail and first to Figs. 1 to 4, there is shown a garment comprising a waist H], a brassiere l2, and shoulder straps l4 attached both to the waist and to the brassire. In the form of the invention as here shown, the waist Ill comprises two triangular pieces l6 and I8 which are disposed in overlapping relation in position to cover the brassire I2 completely or partially as may be desired. When the garment is in fiat form, the base I! of the triangular piece I6 intersects the base l9 of the triangular piece l8. One end of a shoulder strap I4 is secured to the apex portion of the triangular piece IS in any suitable manner as by stitching 20 and the other end of said shoulder strap is similarly secured to the side edge 2| of the triangular piece IS in spaced relation to the apex as by stitching 22. The other shoulder strap i4 is similarly secured by stitching 20 and 22 to the apex and to the side edge 23 of the triangular piece Hi.

The brassire I2 is attached to the waist I9 and, more specifically; to tabs 24 and 25 which are formed integral with or as continuations of the shoulder straps M, the lower edge of each tab 24 being stitched as at 26 to the upper edge of the brassire, here shown as at the central point of the cup .form 21, the tab 25 being stitched as at 28 to the end of the side portion 29 of the brassiere. A back strap 30 is attached to the end of one of the side straps 29 and is provided with a separable fastener here shown as an eye 3| which is adapted to engage a hook 32 secured to the end of the side strap 29 at the other side of the brassire. It will be observed that the brassiere I2 is thus fastened to the waist iii in such manner that the brassiere can be secured in position with a varied degree of tightness without pulling on the waist l2 since the tab portions 24 and 25 provide a certain amount of slack between the brassiere and the waist which can be taken up in tightening the brassire. It will be observed that the brassire can be fastened in position independently of the back of the waist. It will be understood also that the specific construction of the brassire may be varied and that the back strap 30 may be adjustable in length. As shown in Fig. 8, the brassiere l2, instead of being stitched to the waist It or to the triangular pieces l6 and is, may be detachably secured in position by providing the tabs 24 and 25 of the shoulder straps It with hooks or other separable fastener elements 33 for engagement with eyes or other companion separable fastener elements 34 at the upper edge of the brassire and at the end of the side strap 29.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, when the garment is worn, the triangular pieces i8 and I6 are disposed in overlapping relation at the front and back of the wearer. The piece It extends from one side of the wearer across the front and across the back to the other side of the wearer. Similarly, the piece !8 extends from one side, across the front and across the back to the other side of the wearer. The piece I8 is projected through a slit 35 provided in the front portion of the piece l6 at the front of the wearer and the piece 16 is projected through a slit 36 provided in the piece H8 at the back of the wearer. The free ends of the triangular pieces l6 and I8 adjacent their bases I1 and I 8 at both ends thereof are tied into bows or knots 38, one at each side of the wearer, and thus secure the waist in position.

For the purpose of obtaining the proper curvature of the triangular pieces l6 and [8 in the breast and armhole portions thereof, a plurality of darts 39 are formed in said triangular pieces adjacent said edge portions 2m and 23a. For preventing the back strap 30 from extending above the edges 2| and 23 of the triangular pieces at l6 and I8, respectively, at the back of the Wearer, loop forming tabs M] are secured to said pieces l6 and I 8 at the portions thereof which are disposed at the back of the wearer and are provided with hooks M at their free ends. Eyes 42 are secured to the other ends of said straps 40 or directly to the triangular pieces adjacent the ends of said straps whereby said loop forming straps 40 may be passed around the back strap 30 and engaged with the companion eyes 42, thereby holding the strap 30 below the edges 2| and 23 of the triangular pieces l6 and I8 of the waist I0. I

In Figs. and 6, the invention is shown applied to a low-neck evening gown. As here shown, the garment comprises a waist 50 which is constructed and arranged to expose the wearers shoulders and is provided with shoulder straps 52 by which the gown is supported on the wearer. The brassiere 54 is attached to the waist 50 in the same way as the brassiere I2 is attached to the waist ill in the above described construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4. The brassire may be of the same construction as that shown in connection with the waist ill or, as will be readily understood, it may be of any of the well known constructions specifically designed for wear with low-back evening gowns. As shown in Fig. 6, loop forming straps 55 may be attached to the inside of the back of the waist '59 for holding the back strap 58 of the brassiere below the upper edge of the waist so that the strap is concealed from view.

Thus it is seen that the above described embodiments are well adapted to accomplish the several objects of the invention. It will be understood, however, that the invention is capable of other specific embodiments and that in each of the forms of the invention herein illustrated various changes in the construction and arrangement of parts may be made. Therefore, I do not Wish to be limited precisely to the present disclosure except as may be required by the appended claims and the prior art.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A garment of the class described comprising a combined brassiere and waist, said brassiere comprising a front portion for confining the bust of the wearer, and said waist comprising separate triangular shaped portions each attached adjacent an upper apex portion thereof to said front portion of the brassire at the upper edge of the latter, the base of one triangular portion intersecting the base of the other triangular portion when the garment is in fiat condition, and when said garment is worn each of said Waist portions extending in opposition directions in overlapping relation from one side across the front and back of the wearer to the opposite side of the. latter and releasably secured in said relation.

2. A garment of the class described comprising two substantially triangular shaped pieces of suitable material, each having two free end portions the base of one of said pieces intersecting the base of the other pieces when in fiat condition, one of said pieces, when the garment is worn, extend ing from one side, across the front and back to the opposite side of the wearer, the other piece extending in overlapping relation to said first piece, from said opposite side, across the front and back to said first mentioned side of the wearer, and releasably secured in said relation, and a shoulder strap attached to each of said pieces at the upper edge in front of the wearer and at the upper edge at the wearers back.

3. A garment of the class described comprising two pieces of suitable material, each having two free end portions and a slit therein, one of said pieces, when the garment is worn, extending from one side, across the front and back to the opposite side of the wearer, the other piece extending in overlapping relation to said first piece, from said opposite side, across the front and back to said first mentioned side or" the wearer, one of the free end portions of each of said pieces extending through the slit in the other piece and releasably secured in said relation, and a shoulder strap attached to each of said pieces at the front upper edge in front of the wearer and at the upper edge at the wearers back.

FLORENCE M. MIRSKY. 

